Metro family struggling to cope, police searching for suspect after father of 3 killed on Christmas morning

Sean McDowell

3 months ago

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- One metro family is aching, having witnessed their loved one being shot and killed on Christmas morning.

Police in Leavenworth said they're searching for the man who pulled the trigger in the early hours of Monday. The incident leaves the family of 33-year-old Shavar Walker without a father and husband and demanding justice.

"A reasonable person is not going to do what they did to my husband," Tara Walker, Shavar's wife, told FOX 4 News.

Shavar Walker

Shavar Walker, a father of three, had accompanied his wife for a Christmas Eve night of fun -- dinner and some games at one of Kansas City's casinos.

Tara Walker said the couple got a call from one of Shavar's friends in their native Leavenworth, asking for a ride. But the two didn't know trouble awaited them when they arrived at the Creekside Apartments on Vilas Street.

"Somebody was supposed to meet him there," Tara Walker said. "Some other guy came to the car and got in the backseat."

Tara said Shavar's friend had another man with him -- someone the couple didn't recognize. When the couple told the second man to get out of their car, Tara said he opened fire and killed Shavar and took a few shots at her as well.

"He's never going to come back," Tara Walker said while fighting back her tears. "Nothing can bring him back."

Tara Walker and her husband had been married for six years. She said she tried driving Shavar to the hospital, but she believes he had already died. Tara Walker also said Shavar had three children of his own, and the entire family is struggling to cope as his murderer remains free.